Trump startled by cozy Barr-Mueller relationship — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump was startled Tuesday as he watched television coverage of his nominee for attorney general describing a warm relationship with the special counsel Robert Mueller in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee …

Trump, Cohen, and Buzzfeed: Is This the Big One? — If the new Buzzfeed report is true, the legal debates about Trump and obstruction just got blown out of the water. — Buzzfeed News is reporting, based on the testimony of two anonymous law enforcement sources, that special counsel Robert Mueller …

The circular firing squad: Mueller targets turn on each other — Rudy Giuliani sent an unmistakable message Wednesday night: It's everyone for themselves. — During a CNN interview, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer blurted out that the only person he knows about who didn't collude with Russia was Trump himself.

Why I refuse to walk with the Washington Women's March — It should not be this difficult to condemn hate speech. Until national leaders get it right, local marches will carry the mission forward. — CONNECT — I walked away from the Women's March on Washington two years ago absolutely electrified …

PICTURE: Trump Returns CODEL Luggage to Pelosi's Office — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's luggage has been returned to the halls of congress by cart, according to a picture sent to the Washington Free Beacon by a snap-happy tipster. — The picture shows the luggage were returned to Pelosi on “military liaison” marked carts.

So, I Got an Email From Matthew Whitaker's Wife — In her message, Marci Whitaker says the Mueller investigation is “wrapping up” and that the government shutdown is affecting her family's ability to earn a living. — On Monday, Dahlia Lithwick and I wrote an article in Slate arguing …

Hogan stokes speculation he'll primary Trump in 2020 — Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is acting a lot like a guy who wants to run against Donald Trump in 2020 — and the president's reelection team is taking notice. — The second-term Maryland governor has been implicitly going after Trump in speeches …

Trump touts story about finding ‘prayer rugs’ along border — President Donald Trump on Friday sought to prop up his administration's claims that migrants who enter the U.S. illegally along the U.S.-Mexico border don't come from only Mexico and Central America, in an attempt to justify his demands for a border wall.

Jack Dorsey Has No Clue What He Wants — A Q&A with Twitter's CEO on right-wing extremism, Candace Owens, and what he'd do if the president called on his followers to murder journalists. — A conversation with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey can be incredibly disorienting.

How the shutdown will inflict lasting damage — The longest government shutdown in U.S. history will scar the federal bureaucracy and U.S. economy long after the doors are unlocked and workers return. — The feds will struggle to dig out of a backlog of hiring and training that's essential …

Is a Serial-Killer Gang Murdering Young Men Across the U.S.? — Dozens of college-age men dead from ‘accidental’ drownings—but a team of retired detectives say the boys were drugged and killed by a shadowy gang with a sinister symbol. — On the evening of Dec. 15, 2016, Dakota James called his friend Shelley in a panic.

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